Head of Marketing Planning
Circa £90,000 - £100,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 4) 
Manchester City Centre, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and the office, with at least once a week in the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).  

We’re looking for a Head of Marketing Planning to join Co-op’s Membership & Customer team. In this new role, it’ll be your job to lead and shape marketing planning across the whole of our Co-op. You’ll be joining at an exciting time following the re-introduction of Co-op to the nation through a bold new campaign.

We’ll look to you to direct our pan Co-op integrated business planning process, specific to customer, marketing and membership. It’s all about having better transparency and a dedicated focus on workflow, capacity, and prioritisation, so that our marketing teams can work harmoniously, and get the best results in order to grow our membership and businesses over years to come.

You’ll work in collaboration with a range of teams and partners, presenting you with a great opportunity to make a real visible impact at our Co-op, whilst taking people with you on the journey.

What you’ll do

• Act as a key part of our Membership & Customer leadership team, taking responsibility for our pan-Co-op marketing planning
• Oversee capacity and workflow planning across marketing teams, helping to address any blockers and increase productivity 
• Proactively assess how changes in the business will affect planning, resource, and commercials
• Work alongside the wider leadership team to establish key frameworks and principles 
• Be a subject matter expert in a range of weekly and monthly meetings, and planning forums with key stakeholders

This role would suit people who have

• Experience of working within a complex matrix organisation, with an understanding of / experience in the retail business 
• A strong understanding of marketing, with a commercial or analytical background
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to work well with a wide range of teams and partners influence others
• Tenacity and the confidence to push back and speak out when necessary 
• Great communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Private healthcare for you and your family 
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.